Product Details

• Actors: Adam Sandler, Patricia Arquette, Harvey Keitel, Rhys Ifans, Tommy 'Tiny' Lister
• Directors: Steven Brill
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Special Edition, NTSC
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: New Line Home Video
• VHS Release Date: September 4, 2001
• Run Time: 84 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (146 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005LKL5
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #21,379 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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In Little Nicky, Adam Sandler plays the sweetest of three sons of Satan (Harvey Keitel), who's got to go to Earth and retrieve his nasty, power-hungry brothers lest they take over Hell and make it a thoroughly evil place. As with Sandler's other films, this weird premise (based oh-so-loosely on King Lear) is just an excuse to trot out a hodgepodge of comic bits and cameo performances. Admittedly, a lot of the jokes don't work (there was no need to repeat the one about shoving a pineapple up Hitler's ass), but the ones that do tend to be more memorable than the ones that don't, making for a pretty funny movie, when all is said and done. Sure, it's hard to overcome Sandler's speech impediment du jour, not to mention that romantic subplot with Patricia Arquette, but it can be done by focusing on the brilliant cameos by Regis Philbin, Reese Witherspoon, Ozzy Osbourne, and Henry Winkler (especially when he's covered with bees), as well as one of the funniest uses of a scene from De Palma's Scarface in years. Supporting Sandler throughout are two very funny heavy metal disciples and a bulldog named Beefy (voiced by Robert Smigel, the man behind Triumph the Insult Comic Dog). And, in an almost unrecognizable cameo, that's Clint Howard as the cross-dressing fetishist named "Nipples." --Andy Spletzer

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23 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love Adam Sandler!!!, September 9, 2002

By	Kristy Marie (tampa, fl United States) - See all my reviews

He is hilarious! This movie is no exeption! get it and laugh!!

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Adam Sandler Is LITTLE NICKY, April 28, 2001

By	Tom Patrick (kentucky, usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Little Nicky (New Line Platinum Series) (DVD)

In the comedy LITTLE NICKY, Adam Sandler plays Nicky, a heavy metal rock fan who also happens to be the son of the devil. When it is announced that his father will not give up the throne and continue to rule hell for the next 10,000 years, Nicky's evil brothers go up to Earth to steal human souls and generally create hell on earth. Now, Nicky is charged with the task of bringing both of his brothers back to hell in order to restore the balance between good and evil all over the world and to save his father from rapidly decomposing. This movie is totally halarious with alot of perverted humor thrown in for good measure and it actually helps the story move along. Also includes cameo appearences by Rodney Dangerfield, Kevin Nealon, Reese Witherspoon, Jon Lovitz, Dana Carvey, and Ozzy Osbourne. The DVD edition of this film contains special features such as the theatrical trailer for the film, a behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of the film, an excellent documentary on heavy metal music, and a halarious commentary track.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as his others., November 21, 2000

By	Christopher Ware (Fremont, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I want to laugh out loud at every Adam Sandler flick, but this one just didn't do it for me. Not that it was bad. Unlike his other movies, which I would classify as "hilarious", this one only rates an "amusing". This movie gave me the impression that it was done simply for a chance to do Hitler jokes and have Sandler dabble a little with magic. It also seemed to be a big excuse to have all of Sandler's friends join him in a movie. There are actors from all of his previous films in this one. Not that that's a bad thing. I just think it could have benefited from some better writing. The jokes weren't that funny and the characters were a little annoying at times.

Enough with the bad. On to the good. The characters that inhabited this film were unique and brilliantly played. The two wannabe Satan worshippers practically made the film. I think the high point of the whole film was the scene at the end with Ozzy Osborne. It was great!

All in all, an amusing movie, but not one of Sandler's better ones. The only one that this one beats is GOING OVERBOARD (whatever you do, stay away from that one!).